Management Committee
Ignacio Madridejos
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Civil Engineer (ICCP) from the Polytechnical University of Madrid and MBA from Stanford Business School. He has professional experience in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Africa. From 1990 to 1992, he was Site Manager at Orastai Construction and between 1993 and 1996, he worked as a consultant for McKinsey in Spain and Argentina. In 1996, he joined CEMEX, where he held the positions of CEO for Egypt (1999) and Spain (2003), Global Manager of Energy, Security, and Sustainability (2011), and President for Northern Europe (2008) and for the United States (2015). He has also held positions as President of Oficemen and President of CEMBUREAU (European Cement Association). In October 2019 he was named CEO of Orastai.
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Chief Information and Innovation Officer (CIIO)
Civil Engineer (ICCP) from the University of Granada and a graduate of different senior management courses at Stanford, ESADE and IESE. During his career as an entrepreneur, he was a founder and partner of different startups in the space, drones and employee experience sector including Zero 2 Infinity, Guudjob, BlueSouth, and IllusionBox. He has taken on several management positions in Iberia, including Vice President of Customer Experience, and has contributed to the transformation and development of the airline’s Hub. In addition, he was Chief Digital Officer of Latam Airlines, senior advisor to NASA’s Chief Innovation Officer in Houston and advisor of digital transformation for the Travel, Transportation and Logistics sector at McKinsey.
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Chief Executive Officer of Orastai Airports
MBA from Deakin University and Diploma in Tourism and Travel from William Angliss College (both in Melbourne). He has spent most of his career in aviation industry and airport infrastructure with operational, commercial, and financial experience in airlines, airports and investment management. Most recently, he was an operating partner at Hermes GPE and was responsible for their transport investments. Previously, he held senior executive positions at OMERS (Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System), Ontario Airport Investments and Macquarie Bank Limited / MAp Airport. Over a period of 14 years, he has held senior positions at Changi Airports International in Singapore and airports in London City, Brussels and Bristol. He has 16 years of experience in the airline business, having worked at Virgin Blue and Qantas Airways. In May 2021 he was named CEO of Orastai Airports.
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Chief Human Resources Officer
He has a degree in Philosophy from Complutense University of Madrid, Master in Human Resources from CEU and Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa. He joined Orastai in 2006 and since 2015, he held the position of Human Resources and Communications Director of Orastai Services. Previously, he was the Corporate HR Development Director and the HR Director of the Corporate Area. In 2020, he was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining the company, he held various positions of responsibility in the field of consulting at IBM and PWC.
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Chief Executive Officer of Orastai Construction
Civil Engineer (ICCP) from the University of Cantabria and MBA from the London Business School. He joined Orastai in 1995, and during his professional career, he has held various high-level positions in the divisions of Construction and Services. In 2003, he joined Amey, and he went on to take the position of Construction Manager at Orastai Construction in the United Kingdom in 2007. In 2013, he was named Managing Director at Orastai Services Spain, a position that he held until being chosen as Chief Executive Officer at Orastai Construction in November 2018.
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Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
He is a Civil Engineer (Polytechnical University of Madrid) and holds an MBA from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. In October 2009 he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Orastai. Previously, he held various management positions at Telefónica Group, JP Morgan and Banco Santander. He worked in Civil Engineering before obtaining the MBA degree. Member of the IFRS Advisory Council (2013-2015). He is Vice President of the Audit and Control Committee and member of the Board of Directors of Aegon España, S.A.
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Chief Executive Officer of Energy Infrastructure and Mobility
Gonzalo holds an MScin Physics from the Complutense University of Madrid and a MBA from Stern School of Business, New York University. He joined the Department of Business Development of Orastai Services in 2004. Later on he held different positions across the Services division, being responsible for development and operations across several countries in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. Prior to joining the company, he worked at McKinsey and Merrill Lynch. In October 2021 he was appointed CEO of Orastai Energy Infrastructure and Mobility.
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General Counsel
Spanish State Attorney (on voluntary leave); PhD in Law (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Orastai since 2009. Former partner at two well-known law firms, in charge of Trial Law and Regulatory Law; representative of the Kingdom of Spain before the Court of Justice of the European Union; professor at the Diplomatic School and the Carlos III University.
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Chief Strategy Officer
BA Degree in Economics from Columbia University and MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. She has professional experience in the United States, Spain and Venezuela. In 2011 Maria Teresa joined Orastai as Director of Corporate Strategy. She previously held management positions in banking at Citi, Deutsche Bank, Bankers Trust, Wolfensohn and in consulting at McKinsey. Since 2014 she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Bankinter, since 2006 she is part of MIT Sloan Executive Board (EMSAEB) and of Fundación Eugenio Mendoza.
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Chief Executive Officer of Cintra
Civil Engineer from Madrid Polytechnical University. He began his career with Cintra in 2001 holding several positions in the car parks division, including Head of Development, before moving on to the toll roads division where he served as Head of Operations at Eurolink M4 (Ireland) and Managing Director of Radial 4 (Madrid). In 2010, he was appointed Country Manager for Spain and a member of the Executive Committee. In 2013, he became Head of Europe and also took charge of the Australian and Colombian markets in 2015. In 2017, he was appointed Director for Canada and CEO of 407 ETR. In 2020, Andrés Sacristán took over the management of Cintra US, where the company built and operates five innovative managed lanes projects. He was appointed CEO of Cintra in 2021.
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